Something's Off With Scoot Henderson...

[@joshk8678]

Don’t let flight Mike steal your videos

[@emperor_23897]

Damn, didn't know he was like that.

[@chickensofried]

@@emperor_23897flight mike is the ultimate content biter

[@jordanbriggs4436]

😭

[@joshk8678]

@@chickensofried it’s bad man someone needs to hold this guy accountable and he be begging for subs too smh

[@Macluvin4ever]

@@joshk8678always wants me to use his code at Prize Picks

[@potato958]

The hornets fans booing the Brandon miller pick on draft night should be so incredibly grateful that they got an absolute stud instead of this guy....

[@1Rez_EZ1]

I'm a Hornets fan and I thought Brandon Miller was going to be the better pick. People thought Brandon Miller defenders were crazy back then

[@josephblowseph6123]

If the fans could only remember and be honest with themselves.... I'm a Warrior fan and the vast majority of fans: 1. Wanted to keep Monta Ellis over Curry. 2. Hated the new owners who only became THE highest spending owners over the luxury cap by far in history while turning a once pathetic truly pathetic franchise into the highest valued one of our era and winningest. 3. I could go on but the point is that most fans don't know jack yet have no memory of all they're HUGELY wrong about when it comes to the next thing that comes along. I will admit that this is true of myself sometimes. Not the Warriors stuff, i was one of the few defending all those moves and this isn't me lying, some few of us DID see the way. But with the Miller vs Scoot pick between Char and Port, i was wrong. Part of that was i don't follow the draft and college and G league closely anymore, so i assumed Char messed up and Port didn't just due to their history's. But i was wrong. Miller although with holes in his game, looks like he's at the least a good scoring wing. Scoot is in-efficient, can't shoot and is small while being athletic but not enough at that size to make up for his in-efficient game.

[@thevizbin4031]

@@1Rez_EZ1I was one of those people who thought Scoot was going to be better than Brandon lmao

[@Mrsewercat]

Im a portland fan and I really wanted brandon miller

[@splashmobpgtae1330]

Naw Hornet fans thought her was a walking felony waiting to happen 😂 he barely made it to draft day 💯🤷🏾‍♂️

[@BeachBoyBen]

It kills me that he's a featured player on 2k25. I had a cutscene where my player acted starstruck to be doing a jersey swap with him, then I proceeded to beat him by 40 points.

[@ethan4346]

The bigger joke is buying 2k25

[@elibaumann9718]

G League Ignite was a bum factory

[@kenjicarlos8402]

It was all about stat padding to stand out, not functional and practical basketball

[@darnejackson1]

Amen and Jalen coming around

[@ronythepony59]

@@darnejackson1amen and Assad not g leage ignite

[@LukaLegend77]

it was only around for a couple years n produced multiple 1st round picks

[@djdagoat3564]

Jalen and Kumminga was alright tho

[@opiniononion]

G league has been an absolute genius marketing scam for average players

[@heckless40]

not if you're on the OKC Blue though. Lu Dort and Caruso came from our G-League

[@JacobG093]

​@@heckless40True. OKC has used their G league squad to great affect. Dort was a great athlete with an underdeveloped game

[@williamwoods9669]

I’d like to see how he looks playing for a better head coach before considering him a bust. I seen how Silas made his players look terrible, but Ime helped improve those players. We’ve also seen in Detroit how Cade has been looking like a all star after getting bickerstaff

[@Hadden733]

Scoot has to work on his game the clock is ticking if he does not improve by year three he probably going to be out the league and over seas. These young guys never look long term and want that quick money from a rookie contract not realizing the real money made comes from the second and third contract. They just got actually earn it but they sacrifice their own development thinking they don’t have to work hard NBA is not AAU or high school where most of these kids played against subpar talent and had it easy with people in their ear in their telling them they are going to the league. Scoot should have went to college for a few years instead of G league where a lot of players careers die.

[@Cody-e1q]

Those Silas years were when they were SUPPOSED to be losing games for top picks. I agree with your Detroit statement tho

[@williamwoods9669]

@ absolutely which is why they kept Silas for how long they did instead of going to find a better head coach. He was not good at all

[@luizsalazar87]

This is the best individual breakdown of a basketball player I've seen. You didn't just go surface level with a shot chart you broke down the types of shots like floaters, middys, etc. Subscribed.

[@mychchevelle72ss]

and those safety glasses on 2k... LOL halfway to the construction site already

[@Fr3sHbOi1000]

Lmfaoo

[@williamg7138]

What do you mean 2k? He wears/wore them in real life

[@blondiebrunetts2518]

I love how people are shocked that the 6’1” non- shooting pg who isn’t a top 5% nba athlete is struggling in the league. It was so obvious (in my opinion)

[@michaelahurt]

Agree. The two great public myths about Scoot were he was a great mid-range shooter (he shot 34% with Ignite) and he was a Morant level athlete What's more bizarre is he was in the same draft as Thompsons. And to be fair no one who actually watches tape thought he was a generational athlete but that myth persisted I spent all May/June of 2023 trying to tell people that _this_ is what was gonna happen. I said then and I'll say now -- for him to be a good player he needs to buy in on defense. The shooting will come, the finishing will come, and those will make him a reliable PnR guy, but this idea he was ever going to be #1 ... People just don't know how to scout

[@uberneanderthal]

it's a law of the NBA that one of the top 3 picks has to be a bust.

[@theBlackBearrrr]

For whatever reason it's almost always the 2nd pick. There have been multiple BAD 2nd overall picks

[@theBlackBearrrr]

Aside from Ja Morant and KD, many of those picked in that spot SUCK

[@Rye0838]

​@theBlackBearrrr like how portland had pick 2 in the draft with mj being taken at 3rd 😭 Unfortunately this is the team I root for lol

[@marcelmarshall4240]

The league is FULL of overrated players that got FAR too much hype.

[@williamg7138]

​@@Rye0838Sorry to hear that bud

[@TenThumbsProductions]

If I were a GM my starting 5 would be Scoot, Fultz, Wiseman, Killian Hayes and Josh Jackson. All 27 or younger. All top 5 picks except for Killian at 7. Anthony Bennett is the coach. Nobody is beating that team.

[@CaseyLynn-i7u]

And you lose 70+ games. Scoots best place is mop up in a 30 blow out lose. Just because you are a top pick doesn't mean you should have been. The film showed no way in hell this guy was a top 5 pick or even a first rounder. He was horrible on film and guess what he's horrible now. Nothing has changed.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

@ 82-0

[@markmarsh1852]

Damn the dream team..incoming multiple years of finals birth and championships

[@guilhermekeffer8673]

Going to the G League over College is really stupid

[@mikekeyes78]

Ron Holland and ausar Thomson pretty good pistons are devopling them very good

[@Absolutely.Horrible]

He can pay for college now

[@guilhermekeffer8673]

@@mikekeyes78 even so, it's not even close to be the best option

[@jadonvilfort8378]

Imagine if he went to college and got exposed there. It’s clear mentally he struggles, who says he would’ve been able to grow in college? He got generational money from playing against semi pro players lool. He now has 4 years to figure out a way to make him self a serviceable player in the league and have a long career.

[@williamwoods9669]

@@mikekeyes78Thompson twins didn’t go to the g league. They played for ote

[@futurehofer1564]

Something is clearly called Chauncey Billups cause when Billups wasnt coaching he played really well

[@mattabomb]

Against the jazz and suspended/ injured mavs? Be real bro

[@marcelmarshall4240]

These yt commenters LOVE to bash blk coaches for EVERYTHING…but the litany of mediocre yt coaches ..they get no slander for the HORRENDOUS play of their players. Only blk coaches get that slander.

[@1080pete]

5:48 that's not even Scoot in the pic

[@2dubtvx2]

On God😂

[@ricoLbrc]

I remember people saying that Hornets should get Scoot instead because he is more NBA ready than Miller. That aged well.

[@TheOLsnaps]

Yeah but they might have missed out on Amen. Could turn out they might have gotten a Hakeem but missed out on a Jordan.

[@Rock_em.sock_em]

@@TheOLsnaps Hakeem got a few rings and was an all time great. Shows how great he was that it isn’t seen as a generational mistake to have taken Hakeem > MJ.

[@RipCityEagle]

He’s 20 years old and in his 2nd season everyone is acting like it’s been 10 years lmao the problem is everyone watches the stat sheet and doesn’t actually watch the game. His playing time and role on the team is inconsistent. Billups plays him off ball which is not how he should be playing. He’s had his best games when he’s the primary ball handler. If Portland wants him to flourish they need to move Simons and commit to Scoot as the floor general and Billups needs to be removed or he needs to help Scoot develop

[@markcastillo3490]

Problem was he was touted as the most NBA ready propect of his draft class.

[@Hereforthelols]

The only inconsistency in his playtime was due to his injury and him playing like a G league player and got sent there last year for sometime…Portland literally handed him the keys he just couldn’t hack it and he still hasn’t been able to…I still think given a year or two as starting Pg he will improve his game (mostly his shooting and finishing round the rim) but to blame the coach and franchise is just crazy at this point

[@michaelahurt]

​@@markcastillo3490 That was by idiots though and people who watched him play one game (against Wemby) I follow A LOT of draft stuff and I _never_ got that impression from anyone who took the time to study his tape The only guys who are NBA ready are role players. Even the best on ball players -- Luka being a perfect example -- are gonna suck for at least two months. Most suck for like 3-5 years.

[@Praxis578]

These KZbin guys just like saying his nickname, and like saying "generational talent". Most don't know how to assess prospective talent. Scoot's ceiling is Baron Davis. Which isn't bad, but it's not generational.

[@RipCityEagle]

@@Hereforthelols no they didn’t hand him the keys. lmao I’m a Blazer fan. Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe have much larger roles. If Simons wasn’t there he would be developing much faster

[@GunnaSK8]

Rockets fan here Jalen a sg and of course needed to get stronger and develop but he’s doing great this year. We have so much talent that Jalen doesn’t need to average 30 right now, but yeah Scott I believe will take 3 years before we talk about him again

[@rapgodreloaded9259]

Scoot's game is terrible imho.

[@iberrypa]

He shoots 32% from 3 on decent volume and over 80% at the line which indicates he has potential to keep improving as a shooter. As a Blazers fan I don't think he can ever become a bigtime star because he struggles to finish inside and is turnover prone but the shooting and physical traits for defense means not a complete lost cause and can become a decent role player . Right now he wouldn't see the floor for a good team or if he wasn't a top draft pick and think statistically we would have a better outcome giving a bunch of random g league guards a chance hoping for a gem vs giving 25 min a night.

[@falaquisto]

His most probable outcome would be Dennis Smith Jr. now. It might improve to Eric Bledsoe in the best case scenario.

[@Backaddit72]

Very well comps there

[@michaelahurt]

He's a better shooter and playmaker/passer than them. For some reason a lot of people wildly overestimated Scoot's athleticism. I guess cause they just watch highlights. I tried telling people at the time he wasn't REMOTELY close to guys like Morant, Rose, Wall and Westbrook athletically. He's not even DeAaron Fox athletically. His best outcome was always going to be as a defense first guy who can also do some playmaking, be a decent shooter and beat up bench units. (Think Jrue Holiday in Milwaukee.)

[@DrizzleSports]

All those Comparisons are laughable, i always saw him as an Eric Bledsoe level player at best

[@challenger516]

Fact, only ESPN tried to hype up this guy right before the draft.

[@sardonicus76]

Add Bill Simmons to the hype list. I don’t believe Bill has ever seen Scoot play a minute of basketball. He just likes him because he has a cool sounding nickname that would be a great addition to his “White Shadow Fantasy Team of Cool Black Dudes with Huge Afros and Deep Voices”. Bill: “Scoot Henderson is such an awesome basketball name! It sounds like it could belong to one of those quiet, stone faced assassins you might see at Rucker Park in the mid seventies.” House: “Have you ever actually *been* to Rucker Park, Bill?” Bill: (genuinely shocked) “Rucker Park? Heavens, no! I never leave the suburbs.”

[@Bobby56288]

That’s what I’m saying!

[@michaelahurt]

He was a much better prospect than Bledsoe. Better shooter, better passer/playmaker. But yes closer to Bledsoe -- or if we're being generous Jrue Holiday or Kyle Lowry -- than Morant, Wall, Rose

[@ericchatham5063]

I think the kid will still be an all-star. As bad as the ignite was as a program, the Trailblazers under Billups, is proving to be an equally disfunctional team.

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

Scoot Henderson is a bust. I have been saying that Brandon Miller is better for over a year now. He was really overhyped

[@blue-phoenix115]

Damian Lillard: _This guy is my replacement?_

[@iroh3203]

The problem is very very clear: Chauncey Billups.

[@amandswright2040]

Agree, how does he keep his job?

[@iroh3203]

@ in the world we got you can inherit literal billion dollar NBA teams from your dead bro

[@roderickvaliente7328]

Agree! I'm still not down on scoot. They need a coach that can develop him.

[@hangtime26]

Scoot is trash

[@iroh3203]

@ Chauncey is the dumpster then

[@Thecatdad007]

There is no one there to mentor this kid, other than the coach. They don’t even have a starting point guard. He will do better in a different program.

[@michaelahurt]

They have Malcolm Brogdan. And their coach is Chauncey Billups If you can't learn how to run PnR with those two you can't learn it. The big thing for him is the jumper. Once that comes around the rest of it will unlock.

[@Thecatdad007]

@@michaelahurt Brogdan is in Washington dude. Billups is head coach. That’s very different to having a mentor who is a current player who knows the modern game. Especially on court or on the bench while things are happening in the game. HC isn’t really in charge of player development. They have to look after the whole team.

[@michaelahurt]

@Thecatdad007 Yep completely forgot about that. But he was there last year. Fair enough but my point is it's not like a Jalen Duren situation where there is _no one_

[@stevenpage8571]

Well theres a few factors that go into Scoots struggles. 1) the G-League ignite's development program really wasnt as good as people thought, i mean look at even Jalen Green a guy would had huge hype and hes had his flashes but theres holes in his game and bad habits he formed at G league that havent been carved out. 2) While at G-League Scoot showed some passing and shooting upside there was still some inconsistencies. 3) My Blazers really wasnt a good landing spot for too between the pressure of being the new franchise PG after Dame and how great Dame was out the gate and also the fact that they also already had another talented small guard in Simons he had to be prioritized in the starting lineup especially with Scoots shooting struggles. 4) and this the biggest one is just that Coach Chauncey Billups just doesnt believe in Scoot so hes not getting tge consistent reps with starters and with Shaedon. So far, Scoot has been set up to fail too high of expectations and too many guys that need the ball. If they wanna salvage Scoots talent they need to get rid of both Chauncey and Simons ASAP or hes just gonna probably end up being a wasted talent

[@jessewright8930]

Naw Jalen Green had far more potential and had a wayyyy better rookie season then Scoot. Also Jalen is one of the stars on his team. His also on a winning team now. Also look at Amen Thompson as well someone who else didn’t go to college….his doing good as well. It’s just Scoot my guy.

[@jessewright8930]

But I agree with everything else for sure

[@AMG454PRO]

​@@jessewright8930Jalen Green was given the keys from the very start, not a single game did he come off the bench, started every game of his career. Under Billups there's no serious player development. When given consistent playing time Scoot had success and averaged around 18ppg and 8 assists after the all-star break his rookie season while shooting about 35% from the 3, as Simons was injured most of that time while Blazers were tanking. Expectations were definitely higher of course and it was painful to watch when he has his bad games, but it's still too early to know how good he will be since he's only 20 years old, look at DeAaron Fox stats his first 2 seasons, judging by his numbers you'd never think he'd turn out to be the player he is today.

[@LikeWhyTF]

Scoot got that Portland loud pack LIT on the daily 😶‍🌫️

[@TurboGauchiste]

0:00 only clueless Americans though that Scoot could have greater potential than Wemby the rest of the world knew that the Frenchman has the level of a future goat

[@Tgaff99]

Most of us Americans knew Wemby was better and truly special but yea just make it about that

[@joshlee6445]

ppl were talking like he was the next Russ. I was saying Eric Bledsoe, and its not like he was a bum

[@Judahdabutcher9]

That’s crazy people were really arguing over should a team take wemby or scoot and now we see who’s building a frame now smh hopefully scoot builds more confidence

[@michaelahurt]

People are idiots

[@funkygooseworld2382]

Scoot slowly turning into Emmaunel Mudiay 💀

[@mrvxg4820]

Can’t blame the Blazers on this on. EVERYONE missed on this one.

[@IVANOOZE69]

Not me 🤡

[@bskinny6087]

​@@IVANOOZE69 stop the cap

[@JSage13]

Not me everyone called me a bum for it

[@crowfather0249]

Nah. I said that his ceiling was Jalen Green from the jump.

[@etx_jay]

Cap I never trust these no shooting athletic Gaurds

[@Simon_Diamond803]

Scoot "The Good Food" Henderson

[@Bliu2th]

Point guards take awhile to develop; Russell Westbrook and Scoot had similar stats their Rookie years, Scoot has been a bit more injury prone but it seems like he's still trying to get his second season under his legs. I say give it a couple years of no injury to see what has happened. It's not looking good but they don't call it a sophomore slump for no reason

[@jessewright8930]

Dude compare Russel first 2 year stats to Scoots. Not the same

[@michaelahurt]

​@@jessewright8930 True but Westbrook was a much better athlete. Most of the guys Scoot was comped to are way better athletes than him which is why the expectations were so outlandish. He's a below the rim guy who _can_ finish above the rim -- think Donovan Mitchell -- _and_ he can't shoot. It was always gonna take awhile.

[@edw1n2]

As soon as he made that comment about the food in Portland being his biggest takeaway from his rookie season I sold my remaining Scoot stock

[@kingcroester9290]

If I were you I’d report flight Mike for stealing and copying you content word for word

[@codydobson9510]

His minutes are down AND they’re inconsistent at the same time, so we have to take his stat decline with a grain of salt here.

[@thrashyart4369]

this is what I call "Jordan Clarkson" extremely talented isolation skinny guys that all can do is score I'm pretty sure with age they can gain a little footing but it's really hard to get over that habit

[@notoriousLSGshow]

TBF scoot has way more physical tools than JC , JC is def worth the production to the spot he was drafted imo

[@michaelahurt]

Scoot isn't skinny. And he's a real PG not just an iso guy. But until he can shoot he's going to struggle in PnR

[@kainoah2159]

I don't know if you have noticed it, but his athleticism and confidence all had gone away after he got injured in his Summer League debut.

[@picassojulien899]

Him getting drafted to the blazers is whats hurting his stock. The blazers have NO DIRECTION.

[@Leviathan_1.0]

Trailblazers are either unlucky and just dumb in drafting players lol

[@TheCriminalViolin]

As a Blazers fan who hates college sports, I called it that Brandon Miller was the superior pick, and that Charlotte if they were smart, would pick him and not Scoot, while also saying Scort is way overhyped and won't pan out well. I once again, was not wrong. I have a knack for that s**t. It's literally a vibe I get, the more talked about and hyped a prospect is, the more I know they're not gonna be remotely as good as they claim, while the more criticized they are while still being a relatively big named prospect, the more I know they're probably gonna be solid players. I think it subconsciously is also the specific keywords and way they each get spoken of, that furthers that intuition. It is wild to realize Scorch may in fact be as bad as last season right now, while genuinely feeling and believe he has improved notably. I watch every Blazers game (that is if I can), and Scoot really has looked notably improved this season. Better decisions, better playmaking, more aggression when attacking, better shooting ability, even reduced tendency to foul when defending, which itself is definitely a marked improvement. That noted, the realization is that there is a chance it only looks and feels that way, because I'm getting used to horrible basketball with this team, and thus the bar is so damn low that I see improvements that most won't, and won't show up statistically in our guys. That's sad if so haha. At least we have Toumani who genuinely has rapidly improved, as I always said he would. SO MANY people insisted to me he was only playing as dedicated and hard as he did last season because he was a second rounder, and just wanted to make sure he gets paid, and that he therefore would eventually move to play way softer and more lazily if he came to achieve a guaranteed payday and spot on the team. Meanwhile I constantly fought such a notion, as I could tell that is genuinely just who he is as a player, knowing fully he'd vastly improve year over year, and that he'd continue his intensity and sheer defensive dominance every single possession. He is pure passion, and will never give up on any play on either side of the ball ever. That's exactly why I knew he'd keep playing the same way and improving. It takes one to know one!

[@frumpyducky7403]

How did you feel about wemby?

[@TheCriminalViolin]

@@frumpyducky7403 No certain way. I saw that he came from a rich family, who put a load of money into him and his basketball work for years though, which pretty much sealed the deal for me he'd be better than a load of these other guys who are hyped way up, but clearly lack what it takes to truly be elite. I also saw how he was doing a lot of mobility and durability workouts that to even long standing trainers and players were alien and foreign to them, like his weird toe crawls and the like, and that to me indicated he might just manage to have durability most guys at his size don't. I liked that they had him focusing on super specific, isolated joints and muscle groups like that. That combo to me told me overall, he had better chances of actually being solid if not elite. And then playing with and being around all these French legends also definitely helped him a lot. But overall, I was rather reserved on my feelings toward him.

[@michaelahurt]

I think your evaluation of Scoot is accurate. I've watched considerably less Portland than you but the results back up what you are seeing. Scoot's public perception was just really far off from reality. His NBA results are perfectly in line with what he did with Ignite

[@TheCriminalViolin]

@@michaelahurt It also helps to know about the "Sophomore Slump", which is your very normal situation most second year guys go through, though Scoot really hasn't managed to slump from his rookie season yet (of course that would be really hard to do for how low of a bar overall he set of himself)

[@michaelahurt]

@ sophomore slump isn’t a law of nature. Lol. Typically guys who were good in year one get a fat head because think they did something or their role is expanded and they “regress” Neither apply to Scoot Said regression also isn’t reserved just for year two. Like DeAaron Fox, Luka and LaMelo regressed in year 3. Jokic and Giannis never regressed. Each player and situation is different

[@JordanGurney]

Who was a worse #2 pick - Scoot or James Wiseman

[@notoriousLSGshow]

Great point

[@michaelahurt]

Wiseman since Scoot was the #3 pick But Wiseman was drafted that high literally just because he was 7'1" and a good athlete. He was never a good basketball player. Honestly if he had played a full season I don't think he gets drafted that high Scoot was wildly overvalued by casual fans but he was a safer pick than Amen at 3 even though I would have taken Amen

[@LaShoju]

To be fair, he is the second coming of D Rose, John Wall, and Ja Morant in the sense that he’s going to spend a lot of time not playing.

[@stephanrasmussen1894]

Jamen Green is actually playing well this season and his defense is fine now.. he has not plateued

[@carsuponcarsupon]

Absolutely terrific content. If you don’t make it it’s just because people are too stupid.

[@arashkordi7771]

chauncey billups! 3:rd pick. never forget. he panned out pretty decent

[@bmarley]

i commented on a reddit post about scoot last night. at least they have afernee

[@WENOTMEPRODUCTIONS]

i always knew he would be a bust

[@Bobby56288]

Same

[@derekburr6761]

You either have it or you don't. He's a solid player, just hasn't transitioned the way he was hyped to be. Look at how players come from lesser divisions and become better then players from power 5 schools. It's really a hit or miss.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

Hasn't Scoot been trash since he came into the league? this video title would then imply that he's good now.

[@maccarochelle5475]

He was trash but so raw and young. Second year usually have a slightly better idea how it’s gonna run out

[@samdadon3710]

@@maccarochelle5475right he was a rookie so u give him the benefit of the doubt but when u play another year and heading in the wrong way u get worried especially when u alr struggled so much as a rookie but hey thats tha comes from the auu circuit 🤷🏾‍♂️alot of highflyers rushing development cause just dunking was enough in highschol

[@rongiefaustino8867]

He was supposed to be better than Wemby 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chadwellington2524]

no he wasnt lil dude

[@chadwellington2524]

literally nobody said that

[@rongiefaustino8867]

@@chadwellington2524 literally many braindead people on social media were saying that before and even after the 2023 draft

[@rongiefaustino8867]

@@chadwellington2524 I didn't say he was. I'm laughing at the prospect of that. Learn how to read context.

[@yeheheyee9998]

@@chadwellington2524I saw many people on KZbin and x saying that.

[@Youralwayswhining4367]

To be fair garland missed most of his time in college injured. Kid went basically from high-school to the nba

[@VincenzoBarbato]

I'm still waiting for that video where nick wright defends his take on Scoot Anderson winning ROTY over wemby 🤣🤣🤣as bad of a take as any of his fake LeBum fake GOAT cases

[@duchampsrook]

I’d put some blame on Billup’s coaching and coaching staff. Is Billups known as a player development coach? I bet if he were traded to the Pistions Coach Bickerstaff could bring out the best in Scoot and develop him.

[@mattabomb]

So how is sharpe developing but not scoot? Both was drafted and coach under billups

[@2aminChicago]

lol been saying he’s trash , especially since he can’t shoot . Been trash. Gon stay trash. He’s overhyped.

[@notoriousLSGshow]

He did pop off for 8 3ptrs vs det monday night - as a Lakers fan id take him asap , assuming iauers dont lose any valuable assets - ive watched scoot play a bunch of times this year ( i bet ALOT of nba games & have league pass) hed not that bad & the team has no vets that can preach hard work to him - D Ayton is a 30+ million a year waste - if he had 50% of kobes mamba mentality he could easily avg 25pts 12rebs & 3 blocks a game - scoot will turn out to be fine imo

[@pitongus]

Green is having a good season. He's catching strays for no reason lol.

[@dylloncumagun394]

Saying Jalen Green is a bad defender right now tells me all you know about basketball he is not the same defender that he was in the G league the Rockets wouldn’t be 24 and 12 with that bad of a shooting guard.

[@SANDMAN_7]

Getting rid of the ignite looking like a good decision now

[@jonathanhancock8134]

At this point, he should change his name to “Can’t Shoot “ Henderson.

[@illfreakynana]

The Ignite closed due to NIL deals in college

[@AdonisNineteen99]

3:51 I though he was compared more with Westbrook ball style, not Morant's.

[@lorenbowser7681]

It would be helpful if he had a decent coach. Chauncey is a good guy and players like him but hes not a head coach. You almost cant play Scoot end of the game if its close. Hes still young he needs someone to help him develop

[@S.C.-wo8hq]

This guy was the last straw to running Dame out of town.

[@ZikNoogie]

Scoot was destined to fail in Portland from the beginning with 2 young promising guards already on the roster in Sharpe and Simons

[@alisyed7659]

Rockets 2nd in the West. Jalen Green is their leading scorer. Jalen Green played Great against the Mavs, Celtics, Lakers the last 3 games Avg 28 points. Get up to date, Jalen Green learning Ime Udoka offense is difficult to learn, plus Fred VanVleet is a undersized SG playing PG. Jalen Green playing Lead Guard handling the ball is making himself score 30 points a game.

[@nabi5864]

Physically and athletically gifted at an elite level…. He seems to have the similar mental block as Fox and Sims…… If he doesn’t overcome them quickly , he’ll join Baby Jordan Harold Miner as one of the biggest bust

[@sb17146]

Darius Garland was one of the worst players before he became an allstar? What... lol

[@notoriousLSGshow]

Yea that made no sense 2me

[@DogDongDotCom]

AAU and sites ranking kids early need to be curbed or at least monitored. 1) AAU is nothing more than a marketing ploy for the coaches and for kids to play as many games as possible. These kids get recognition, but they are developing their skills like they use to. You can see totally see it when it comes to international players versus these kids. Mikey Williams, DaJuan Wagner, Elliot Cadeau, Isaiah Collier, Justin Edwards, Dariq Whitehead were all once considered to be top 3 picks once they declared. Most struggled their first year in college and stayed, some have transferred and yet to do much, and Justin Edwards who was probably the first #1 prep player to not even be drafted. 2) the rankings are silly now, because these kids are graded and some just think their ranking is good enough to take them there. There is a reason why international players are getting better, and pretty soon will be the dominant force in the league.

[@Eidenhoek]

i mean jokic kinda be dominant yeah

[@randodad990]

50k let's goooo

[@usmcmsgt5487]

This guy is just a little better than Bronny

[@MaximusR93]

Man, is it coincidence that most of the G league pipeline guys end up being worse than if they’d just gone overseas or to college for a year?

[@tranceightseven]

Green is a decent defensive guard this year and a starter on a good team…..he needs to continue developing. The G League was terrible at developing players. Green was a team basketball idiot when he got into the league.

[@Mercuricmike]

Lowry and Billups were journeymen at best early on

[@YusufAbdulalim]

Scoot was supposed to be Donovan Mitchell all over again

[@sl9673]

The Thompson twins are pretty good. They came out from ignite. Edit: Oops they are from OTE

[@danieljoyce4015]

Dyson Daniels has looked good coming from the G-League route

[@nukeboy4939]

Thank you Portland for passing up Amen Thompson.😂 - Rockets

[@redhorse6652]

Damion Lillard is another 6'3 in shoes guard who finishes under the rim. So is Steph Curry. They are also the greatest shooters of all time. This freezes people opening up the driving lane. You don't need to be the greatest, but you need to be a good shooter.

[@ItsMe-zr7jb]

But Jalen Green is so pretty, didn't you see her 💅 👌

[@burnamaleik]

Damn you just brought to my attention why Jalen green might not ever hit superstar status. His ass shoulda went to college . G league don’t be teaching them shit. It’s other players trynna get the spot.

[@splashmobpgtae1330]

Darius was never ass dude 🤦🏾‍♂️ he was in a dumb ass two pg system with Colin Sexton that hid him off ball most the time! As a Cavs fans living 35 minutes away from Cleveland, we was happy to have him they just didn’t know how to use him! The minute Colin went down DG took off! If u actually know the league or basketball period you’d know the system can make or break a player! I could sit and name drop hella players who was looking ass till a trade or coach change. Or the other way around, players that looked decent then change teams and struggle to stay in the league! Not to mention scouting don’t really work like it use to it’s too much talent to really evaluate a player. They a watch a few games but then try to see em basically run drills. Scoot a great combine (measuring and vertical) type player. But u can’t find a Jokic like that. Even the eye test a fool u fr when they playing competition that’s sub par! That’s why NCAA still got the upper hand. It’s a bigger talent pool and way more live looks against competition. The gleague was a way for the league to stop players from going over seas for a season like Melo did. That was greed so they don’t care of the player truly developed enough. They jus want to keep the talent here fr

[@yacinetaibi5835]

7:28 damn that's an alien on his face

[@jba414]

We are now in a terrible NBA League where two teams can shoot almost 90-100 3's a game, why TF would ppl think a terrible shooter like this would be that effective? Garland I think just had a bad Rookie Year, this dude couldn't shoot b4 he even entered the League.

[@nooobiechild]

I know we're all clowning on the G-League, but let's not pretend this is the Portland Failblazers. They wasted Dame for an entire decade. If Scoot was on a team like the Spurs or the Heat, he'd either be slowly improving or he'd be let go already. I think he would've improved. I'm sorry Portland fans, this team is just as hopeless as the LeBum ran Fakers.

[@kjboyce1809]

Dame was still there bro

[@crazydumb1861]

Don’t put all the blame on scoot… blazers got too many damn young guards… they need to trade Simon’s or sharpe if scoot will be anything

Hell be fine. Chauncey Billi o s had a slow start. He's playing for the right coach.

[@SuperReyand]

Worst coach in the league.

[@iroh3203]

There could not possibly be a worse coach for him. He actually stands off ball in the corner more than he gets to play PG. Billups is giving him worse treatment then he received to start his career and he moaned about that for 15 years.

[@SymeloMusic0]

if scoot doesnt have a year 3 turnaround similar to garland he might be one of the biggest busts of all time. quite sad

[@michaelahurt]

Exactly why Chauncey, Kyle Lowry and Jalen Brunson won't make the HOF. Because they didn't figure it out by year 3. Everyone knows if you aren't an All-Star by year 3 you never will be

[@SymeloMusic0]

@@michaelahurt yeah definitely if you mean perennial type of player. some guys can make like 1 all star late in their career. for scoot we're just hoping hes even a positive on the court as a good role player

[@michaelahurt]

@SymeloMusic0 I was more just being sarcastic. If he's not good at 21 it's not the end of the world. But I never evaluated him as a superstar. I didn't have that kind of grade on him. *IF* he commits to being a great defender I think he's a high level starter not just a role player. (If he doesn't he's a bench player.) But I also think he's probably a guy who might not pop until his second contract At some point the shooting and finishing will reach a tipping point -- he's shown good touch, it's just refining it -- and knock everything into place. I don't think it's as bad as Killian Hayes. But those things just take time. He has real ability as a PnR operator. He knows his reads and possessed a really good passing rolodex for a teenager He was just over hyped based on highlights, his name, his attitude and one great game against Wemby. A lot of people were sold a bill of goods by other people who never actually studied his tape. He's the same guy he's always been.

[@Dmo301_]

Garland was not one of the worst players in the NBA that’s a bad example

[@anthonyhca]

Reminds me of Dennis Smith Jr.

[@JoshuaWSiegel]

I guess Jordan saved his best draft decision for last.

[@trifeali9178]

Billups is the issue for Scoot

[@charlescohen6140]

But a young team, with very good pieces. They stole Avidja and have Clingan waiting to be a star. Scoot looks heavy and he seems to be unrealistic about himself.

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

What’s off with Scoot is his coach Chauncey Billups. Billups is possibly the worst coach in Blazers history. There’s a reason Scoot played better in the 2 games Billups was out. Billups doesn’t let Scoot play through his mistakes and will immediately bench him if he plays bad. Meanwhile Simons has been having an up and down season and Billups still gives him the same minutes no matter what. Plus Billups offense is trash as it’s mainly dribble handoffs. Billups also usually plays Scoot with lineups that he can’t be successful with like for example playing him next to 2 big men who can’t shoot leaving no space on the floor for Scoot to drive. As bad of a shooter as Scoot can be, he still is our best playmaker and passer behind Deni Avdija (Scoot is a way better passer than Simons). Once Blazers can Chauncey Billups trash ass, watch Scoot take off. And believe me, Scoot isn’t the only young player getting affected by Billups. Billups loves to start Jerami Grant over Deni Avdija when Deni right now is our best player. God I can’t stand Billups 🤬 The next video you should do is how does Chauncey Billups still have a job.

[@waynewhitaker234]

Its not scoots fault entirely, its the fact that anfernee is really a 6th man and not a starter. He cant last more then 45 games or less these past 4 years. Scoot can be a great defender cutter and slasher amd he can hit free-throws he can be a better 3 point shooter but he needs more reps and some pressure at starting

[@cappy2282]

Ya i liked Scoot but my dude struggling

[@rapgodreloaded9259]

G League Ignite ruined him tbh.